IL-6 stimulates intestinal epithelial proliferation and repair after injury
PLoS One. 2014 Dec 5;9(12):e114195. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114195. eCollection 2014.
IL-6 is an inflammatory cytokine known to contribute to a number of autoimmune diseases such as RA. Therapies targeting the soluble IL-6 receptor have now become effective treatments for RA. However, one unforeseen, yet rare, potential complication of anti-IL-6 therapy is bowel perforation. Yet within the intestine, IL-6 protects intestinal epithelial cells from apoptosis during prolonged inflammation.
The authors hypothesized that IL-6 may have beneficial properties in wound response/rep...
The authors hypothesized that IL-6 may have beneficial properties in wound response/rep...